Practice Management

Post Law School Drip

Posted on September 22, 2010
Of course I am referring to drip marketing. It is another thing they do not teach you in law school. Of course, law school really does not teach you how to practice law, or run a law firm, or find clients, or choose a practice area that excites you, or make money, or find a job, or draft pleadings, marketing, or ...

The Law Firm Of Home, Broadband, Google & Free

Posted on September 19, 2010
Yes, it is a play on how most people expect a law firm to be named, but it does make the point. Of late I have read a number of articles and have watched a video of the "No Money Man", who has lived for 14 months without any money. Now I am not that extreme, but I have often thought that someone can start up and run a law firm with no extra money should they so wish...

(VIDEO) Apple's New Friend Bar

Posted on September 12, 2010
New Apple Friend Bar Gives Customers Someone To Talk At About Mac Products

(VIDEO) Are You An Empath?

Posted on September 10, 2010
Many lawyers are, and you need to deal with it. Here is a video from Judith Orloff, M.D. on this subject.

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The National Academy Of Distinguished Neutrals

Posted on September 08, 2010
I received a request from Darren Lee, the Director of The National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals to let you know about the organization's newly launched, cutting edge website - nadn.org. One think you might need to take a look at is their inactive map to locate a neutral in your need geographic area...

Bus Accident Law Niche

Posted on September 08, 2010
Personal injury offers a lot of opportunity for the development of a niche practice. And, although it is sometimes a bit scary to start off narrowing your focus, it is more comforting in the long run. This is because law is not the only thing at play in personal injury cases...

Summer Is Over. Now Can All Of The Lawyers Get Back To Work?

Posted on September 07, 2010
I feel like most attorneys took the entire summer off of work. At least most only pretended to work. Can we all now get back to real life?

You Need To Find Clients That Share Your Values

Posted on September 06, 2010
So you are a lawyer. Big freakin' deal. That does not define you in the practice of law. I am a lawyers. My father in law is a lawyer. My wife is a lawyer. My brother in law is a lawyer. My sister is a lawyer. My oldest daughter is in law school. My youngest daughter wants to go to law school...

How To React To A Controversial Judicial Ruling

Posted on September 06, 2010
This was posted on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, but admittedly I found it on Luke Gilman: Life & Law.

Law School Culture And Law School Professors Are A Big Part Of The Problem

Posted on September 04, 2010
At least that was the conclusion reached by The Wall Street Journal in reviewing a paper to be published by Georgetown University Law Center's Bret Newton (no relation). Although I agree with the assessment, I think the bigger problem facing potential law students today is the unprecedented greed and disrespect shown by law schools and their faculties in setting tuition and costs...

Lakeside Container Structure At Sri Lanka

Posted on September 04, 2010
Sure there is attending court and meetings and conferences, but some of a lawyer's life needs to be more secluded. A place where a lawyer can think and contemplate the law, the needs of the client and life. Some parts of a lawyer's life is like the monastic life...

Location: Anywhere

Posted on September 03, 2010
I recently saw this description for a mid-level job on a website for a major corporation. And, you would think that if big corporations are getting this then small entrepreneurial law firms would get it as well. A small but growing law firm can add strategic hires, partners, lawyers and collaborators anywhere regardless of where your firm is located...

University Of New Hampshire School of Law

Posted on September 02, 2010
What is old is new again. If you did not notice, New Hampshire's only ABA approved law school, the Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord, signed an agreement to merge with the University of New Hampshire on April 27, 2010. The merger was pending approval from the accrediting agencies...

Giving It Away

Posted on August 22, 2010
We have talked a lot here about keeping your overhead embarrassingly low so that you will not be embarrassed later by costs you cannot afford. But, apart from this, what many new lawyers are concerned with is how to attract their first clients in an effort to build confidence and credibility outside of law school...

Individual Law Schools We Have Covered

Posted on August 22, 2010
The time is quickly approaching for law school applications for next year. In the past we have covered a number of individual law schools you might wish to consider. You can access those reviews below. Although we have covered some non-ABA approved law schools, other than start up schools that have yet to achieve accreditation but are otherwise pursuing ABA accreditation, those non-ABA approved schools are not listed below...

Recap Of Niche Law Practices

Posted on August 22, 2010
Over the last couple of years this blog has tried to cover different niche legal practice concepts, if not for the particular niche practice itself then to give you an idea of how you to locate niche markets. If you have ideas for other niche practice areas we should consider, please comment or send me an email...

When Your Clients Set The Price

Posted on August 18, 2010
I have read a lot recently about fairness to clients and about the marketing technique of allowing clients to the price of representation. I contend whether you work on an hourly or fix fee or some other arrangement, it is a silly concept to think that the client is not setting the price for services in the first place...

Do You Engage In Email Marketing Of Your Law Practice?

Posted on August 13, 2010
You should. And, you should do it with a degree of useful brief information and frequency that works. Blasting an email once in while does not work well. So, it take a small degree of dedication. Relying simply on social media is a mistake as well. Part of the skepticism comes from the belief of some that the inbox is becoming irrelevant...

Android Feels The Love

Posted on August 13, 2010
Have you ever noticed that the initial innovator in a market rarely survives as the perennial favorite long term. Or, in the case of smartphones, short term. Everyone should hand it to Apple for boosting the market with the iPhone, but it would appear the most popular devices involve those with the Android operating system...

Welcome Back To The Bush Tax Cuts

Posted on August 10, 2010
The argument is that ending the tax breaks will cause the rich not to hire more employees. But, has anybody bothered to think that hiring and paying an employee is a non-taxable event for the employer.

Personalized Justice

Posted on August 05, 2010
 

Texas Container Studio

Posted on August 04, 2010
Maybe with a niche practice comes the need for a niche workspace. Whether working at home or not far from home, you do not need a lot of private space, but you need some. But, it needs to be something that you can own, that is not overly expensive to construct or maintain, and which does not add to your ongoing monthly overhead greatly...

(Video) Small House Movement Can Also Be The Small Law Office Movement

Posted on August 03, 2010
When you think about it, the small law office is the antithesis of Big Law. If you do not care for Big Law, then you have to stop trying to emulate it in every form and thought. And, I think you will find the simplified life, and law practice, is well worth pursuing.

The Benefit Of Working From Home

Posted on July 24, 2010
I work from home. I have full time since about 1999. I was a spare room tycoon before it was cool. I did the carpet commute before people admitted openly that they operated their business this way. I speak to a lot of lawyers about the prospect of doing the same, and I am usually amazed by those, even if they are intrigued by the idea, who cannot let themselves do it...

Birds Of A Feather . . .

Posted on July 20, 2010
My mother use to always say that "birds of a feather flock together". She often used this saying in the pejorative. The saying does have to be look upon this way, however. Mainly because the statement is basically correct. And, because it is correct, it defines really the basic tenant of lawyer marketing...

Things Law Schools Do Not Explain

Posted on July 20, 2010
Online Degree Programs recently published 15 Facts Law Schools Don't Want You To Know. I think the article in some ways is too critical or discouraging, but they make some interesting points. You can read the entire article on their site, but below are a few of the points they make...

Honey Bar The Door - Big Banks Planning Another Involuntary Bailout From Main Street

Posted on July 17, 2010
I last posted about Bank Simple given the hardship that banks are causing Third Wave attorneys, solos and lawyers in general. The point was that banks have actually sought a bailout from us, while continuing to deny us cheap tech to get around the problem...

Bank Simple And Jibun Ginko

Posted on July 16, 2010
Banking, along with health insurance, is probably the last substantive obstacle for the all out Third Wave practice of law, for the solo practitioner, the connected lawyer, those that work through collaborative effort, the shingle hangers, future lawyers or home office lawyer...

FREE IOLTA MANAGEMENT VIDEO SERIES

Posted on July 14, 2010
IOLTA management is a fear and it is a problem for a lot of lawyers. As a result, RJon Robins is offering a Free Trust Account Management Video Series that you can view. It is all about running a profitable law firm.

Why Do Not More Young Lawyers Start Their Own Law Practices ?

Posted on July 11, 2010
I hear lawyers every day complaining about the inability to find law jobs, or to find a law job they imagined for themselves, or to find a law job that pays enough money given their student loans and the costs of living. So, they flounder. By this I mean they make no money, or they work themselves to death and make little money, or practice in areas of the law that does not excite them...

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